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Introduced by Dick Bentley.
With Billy Day (ventriloquist), Doreen Blythe (songs), Peter Sellers (comedian), Evelyn Ippen and Bettina Vernon (speciality dancers), Tommy Wolfe and his Quartette.

Contributors

Presenter:
Dick Bentley
Ventriloquist:
Billy Day
Singer:
Doreen Blythe
Comedian:
Peter Sellers
Dancer:
Evelyn Ippen
Dancer:
Bettina Vernon
Musicians:
Tommy Wolfe and his Quartette
Orchestra directed by:
Eric Robinson
Producer:
Bill Ward

This film is directed by Muir Mathieson, recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, and introduced by Sir Malcolm Sargent. The music which the film illustrates is composed by Benjamin Britten. He has taken a theme by Henry Purcell and written variations and a fugue on it, in order to show the instruments of the orchestra to their best advantage.
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Contributors

Film director:
Muir Mathieson
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Presenter:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Music composer:
Benjamin Britten

New inventions demonstrated before a distinguished panel of assessors.
Lord Sempill is the chairman and his colleagues on the judging committee include Dame Caroline Haslett, Director of the Electrical Association for Women, and John Bennett, a director of Plastic Research.
Geoffrey Boumphrey, himself a practical inventor, interviews the inventors and helps them to display their work.
The Press is invited to the studio to hold a watching brief on behalf of the public.
Leslie Hardern is responsible for selecting the work to be exhibited and all specifications should be addressed to him [address removed]

Contributors

Chairman:
Lord Sempill
Judge:
Dame Caroline Haslett
Judge:
John Bennett
Interviewer:
Geoffrey Boumphrey
Producer:
A. Miller Jones

BBC Television

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